Tag: Tamron 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6

Ducks and Flowers

Ducks and Flowers

Reading Time: 2 minutesSomething I do not do enough at the moment is just grab my camera and wander out to somewhere often very close and take some shots. I did this the other day, just up to the Grove Lane Pond right near my house, trying to …

Bugs!

Bugs!

Reading Time: 2 minutesOver the last year or so I have played a lot with Macro Photography, particularly flowers, and also (because where there are flowers there are…) bugs! Getting in close with little creatures gives a really different an interesting view on the world we live in, …

The Birds, The Birds…

The Birds, The Birds…

Reading Time: 2 minutesOn of the joys of living in a built up inner city area is the wildlife. I mean who could not adore the crows and seagulls squawking and bickering all the time. As you may guess I am being a little sarcastic here, but they …

Shooting the Moon

Shooting the Moon

Reading Time: < 1 minuteJust a quick one to share this image (after a few attempts) of the moon through my Tamron Zoom lens…

Tropical World

Tropical World

Reading Time: 3 minutesI last went to Tropical World in Roundhay about 20 years ago, still slightly tripping after a Heineken Festival (at the age where it still seemed amusing to try and teach the mynah birds to say “fuck”)… It’s been very interesting to go there again, …

Threshfield Moor

Threshfield Moor

Reading Time: 3 minutesWhile visiting for my graduation, my mother has been staying up at a campsite in Threshfield, and we went up to visit here there. I took quite a few pictures, and for some of these played about with some editing ideas, something I haven’t really …

I bought a DSLR

I bought a DSLR

Reading Time: 2 minutesI’ve been toying with this idea for a while (and have already had a couple of people saying, “about bloody time”). I’ve got the bug here, I’m really enjoying learning properly about photography. So I have bought myself a Canon EOS 1000D with an 18-55mm …